What's more interesting to me is how many people bought virtual land, and how much -- which you can see in this chart from the blog post: Just over 1800 users. And if I'm reading the chart right, most users bought virtual land plots for the ETH equivalent of USD $24, but on the high end, 32 people bought virtual land worth USD $7200 or more.

Which, you know, is pretty impressive:

1800 is a solid base of early adopter pioneers who've literally bought into the virtual world that their purchases are funding -- and $25 million is way more than most indie games/MMOs are funded on a site like Kickstarter. I wouldn't be surprised if other game devs attempt a fundraiser like this.